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second of all, our president commander-in-chief is not the pentagon. he receives orders from the pentagon and then he does this stay. >> host: paul, typist of syria. what is your point? >> caller: just come in syria, most of those people have been in the united states for quite some time as we all know. >> host: let's take that point. >> guest: that's actually a very good point and that just because most of the opposition is again the bashar al-assad regime and its bashar al-assad should fall and some conglomeration comes to power, does not a guarantee they would just leap into the laps of the united states because as the caller said, most syrians of many different shapes and colors than many in the opposition have been his much anti-israeli and anti-u.s. is the regime has been over the years. in fact, to some extent the regime has been willing to work with israel and the united states more so than perhaps some who are opposing the regime. on the other hand, there are many in the opposition who want the u.s. to get more involved and are becoming frustr
second of all, our president commander-in-chief is not the pentagon. he receives orders from the pentagon and then he does this stay. >> host: paul, typist of syria. what is your point? >> caller: just come in syria, most of those people have been in the united states for quite some time as we all know. >> host: let's take that point. >> guest: that's actually a very good point and that just because most of the opposition is again the bashar al-assad regime and its...
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we'll be live from the pentagon or a britain with defense secretary leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. >> first thing in our article here is getting medicare costs under control is the number one priority. and it's the most untouchable thing. but that is going to cause more trouble than any other problem we've got fiscally in the united states. getting medicare costs under control is the number one thing. >> you say we also surcharge smokers, and the o.b.'s for their medicare coverage. where did that idea come from? >> it came from us. i mean, i'm the person who put in the memo but i didn't have to fight very hard for it. also, i ran into this comp something iran and the "washington post," i call them mega fasces and i was -- [inaudible] for being insensitive in which a guess i probably am. but this is another thing where everybody knows to be true, and someone has to pay for it. i'm not saying you should bankrupt people who are too heavy but there should be penalties. i mean, i'm not really a democrat but i'm certainly a democrat compa
we'll be live from the pentagon or a britain with defense secretary leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. >> first thing in our article here is getting medicare costs under control is the number one priority. and it's the most untouchable thing. but that is going to cause more trouble than any other problem we've got fiscally in the united states. getting medicare costs under control is the number one thing. >> you say we also surcharge...
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he already had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never saw the jewish-american vote so leans towards voting for republican in such strong numbers. there's one word "israel" written all over it. president obama is hose still to israel. left benjamin netanyahu in the basement, say call me if something changes, did not treat him like the best ally in the middle east and probably in the world and a democratic country at that with elected leaders in the tradition is strong and ought to be supported. mitt romney is a friend of israel, and that matters to any friend of israel, jewish or not jewish in the united states. >> thank you. >> there's agreement in the ro
he already had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never...
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i just laughed jane harman in the pentagon issues briefing right now. secretary pineda -- is a member of the defense policy board on herein. actually. so she wasn't able to be here, but she's a wonderful leader for that institution. recognize her as well. mr. ambassador, all members of the diplomatic community are here, distinguished guests. truly wonderful to be here with you to celebrate the launch of this year's edition of strategic asia. npr's mission to strengthen the asia-pacific policy through research is one that is close to my own heart. i share nbr's commission on transmission. nbr's mission helps us make decisions for the publications you produce, the meetings you convened, scoop jackson would've been proud of your impacts. and for nbr, i've known many of the people at nbr for decades. rich, ashley, who might like to see today my friend. especially pleased to see the great success shared and national security studies. chalet with a dear friend of mind, were wrecked in the pentagon's in the 1990s and outside government as well and the nation w
i just laughed jane harman in the pentagon issues briefing right now. secretary pineda -- is a member of the defense policy board on herein. actually. so she wasn't able to be here, but she's a wonderful leader for that institution. recognize her as well. mr. ambassador, all members of the diplomatic community are here, distinguished guests. truly wonderful to be here with you to celebrate the launch of this year's edition of strategic asia. npr's mission to strengthen the asia-pacific policy...
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not iny afghanistan but thewn pentagon. uni it turned out that way that the troops were u.s. marines andn they wanted to bring down helicopters, their own logistics units and they didn't want to d work with u.s. army soldiers inr the areas in and around the city of kandahar.other here was the tail of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting and common purpose against theinter. enemy. and the stories go on. oth there weras internal fightingnti within the state department, within the u.s. agency for international development. in one other tail i've recounted some in the book, we have somete serious fighting between president obama's national was i security team and senior people at the state department over tht whole question of was it wise to try to broach potential peace talks with the taliban. try in wound up spending 18 months with fighting washington supposed to achieve the koy president on the country. >> who is summer? >> she is a young american woman, there she is on the bottom right, there, she haso extensive foreign developed in u experience and p
not iny afghanistan but thewn pentagon. uni it turned out that way that the troops were u.s. marines andn they wanted to bring down helicopters, their own logistics units and they didn't want to d work with u.s. army soldiers inr the areas in and around the city of kandahar.other here was the tail of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting and common purpose against theinter. enemy. and the stories go on. oth there weras internal fightingnti within the state department,...
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peter mackay to the pentagon. this is the second time i've had the privilege of hosting a leader in washington and the seventh time we have met since i became secretary of defense. we have built a close relationship between our two countries. we are not just neighbors but very close allies and we are working together on a number of issues. a close working relationship testifies to the importance of the larger u.s.-canada relationship and to our defense partnership. our countries are neighbors and we are friends and our militaries their militaries are working closely together, not just for the security of our two countries but for the security and stability of the americas end of the world. this morning peter and i had the opportunity to discuss a range of important issues in advance of next month's conference of defense ministers of the americas which both of us will be attending. i look forward to joining him in the arab way as we try to develop a future course of action with regards to this hemisphere. we have s
peter mackay to the pentagon. this is the second time i've had the privilege of hosting a leader in washington and the seventh time we have met since i became secretary of defense. we have built a close relationship between our two countries. we are not just neighbors but very close allies and we are working together on a number of issues. a close working relationship testifies to the importance of the larger u.s.-canada relationship and to our defense partnership. our countries are neighbors...
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. >> next, three former obama administration pentagon officials defend the president's foreign policy and national security record while criticizing mitt romney. moderated by former cnn, cnn contributor bill schneider, the discussion focuses largely on iran's nuclear program and america's presence in afghanistan. this event, which took place yesterday, runs about an hour, and we'll show you as of this as we can until the pentagon briefing scheduled at 2 p.m. eastern. >> struggling in, and you're encouraged to help yourself to coffee, food, whatever you need. my name's mike bennett, on behalf of my colleagues, jim kessler -- who's here somewhere -- sean gibbons and mika, welcome to another anti-politics press breakfast. before i hand it over to bill, i just had a couple of things we wanted to talk about relating to our work on national security. as mitt romney discovered on september 11th of this year, nothing has the power to shake up a presidential race like a change in national security. and that can be either an external event as we had in libya and egypt, or it can be a political
. >> next, three former obama administration pentagon officials defend the president's foreign policy and national security record while criticizing mitt romney. moderated by former cnn, cnn contributor bill schneider, the discussion focuses largely on iran's nuclear program and america's presence in afghanistan. this event, which took place yesterday, runs about an hour, and we'll show you as of this as we can until the pentagon briefing scheduled at 2 p.m. eastern. >> struggling...
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i think in the pentagon when you wanted to get a lot of people that meetings ten years ago you use the word transformation command five years ago you use the word cyber and now you use the word supply chain. it's amazing how many people are interested in it these days, but there's a whole group of individuals at the dod and within the services looking specifically at that question. i tend to look at it. my portfolio is from the industrial base how we arrive and interact with the industrial base but it's a very serious challenge and i can tell you the supply chain folks under the osd with each of the services are looking at it to try to come up with these not one-size-fits-all solutions that try to come up with something that is not just appropriate for today but scalable and flexible enough will be appropriate in five to ten years and i would be happy to put people in touch if you are interested in knowing about them but there's a lot of aggressive work going on right now. >> so, we talked about authorities and some of the things that the various levers that we might have out there. we
i think in the pentagon when you wanted to get a lot of people that meetings ten years ago you use the word transformation command five years ago you use the word cyber and now you use the word supply chain. it's amazing how many people are interested in it these days, but there's a whole group of individuals at the dod and within the services looking specifically at that question. i tend to look at it. my portfolio is from the industrial base how we arrive and interact with the industrial base...
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with the fourteenth street bridge an hour-and-a-half before it was hit -- the pentagon was hit on the other side of the fourteenth street bridge by those who attacked us in our country. i lost a friend that they. i lost a law partner that day and one of the young men who had grown up with my children, went to school with him, and the family went to church with us was lost in one of the twin towers. that change america forever. i about the car had the opportunity to go back to public service i would still like to use the experience i had as an attorney general and member of congress to do what was necessary to try to ensure that those who attacked this would not succeed and we could use the tools necessary to protect us and at the same time not allow them to defeat us by having us give up our civil liberties. i have been doing that every day since i work on the issue of jobs and taxes and spending. the reason i went back to congress and the reason i hope to stay in congress is to continue to protect the american people against those who would destroy our way of life and they are still
with the fourteenth street bridge an hour-and-a-half before it was hit -- the pentagon was hit on the other side of the fourteenth street bridge by those who attacked us in our country. i lost a friend that they. i lost a law partner that day and one of the young men who had grown up with my children, went to school with him, and the family went to church with us was lost in one of the twin towers. that change america forever. i about the car had the opportunity to go back to public service i...